What's up, guys? I'm Brian Sacawa, you're watching He Spoke Style, and welcome to
the studio! Today, I am going to be taking you on a studio tour. But not just any
studio tour. This is a studio tour in 360 degrees. Now, I've been wanting to show
you guys the space that we create all the content, where I spend a lot of my
time working during the day, and also this man cave that my wife allowed me to
have in the basement of our house. So before we get to any of that cool stuff,
we're just going to start off with some of the more boring things. Like, for
example, this is where the steamer lives behind the door. And right over here is a
small bathroom that we keep stocked with some very stylish reading material. On
the wall, I have a nice picture of Cary Grant right here. And on the other side
of the door, is a photo of Fred Astaire. Now this right here is the utility
closet for the entire house, but it is also the storage area for a lot of the
gear that we have that we're not using at the moment. And also a lot of the
packing material for the He Spoke Style Shop. Now, on the floor you can see that I
have photos here. And, actually, there are photos all over the floor everywhere. I
just don't have enough wall space for the photos I have, so they live on the
floor. Now you might be asking yourself what this big piece of equipment is here.
This is actually some of the gear that we are going to be using for the live
show. That's what it takes to do the live the way we want to do it. Now over
here, I want to point out a couple of things. This little piece right here is
by Atom Moore, who is a fantastic watch photographer. I have a letter here from
Bill Clinton that he wrote to me in 1996. My father suggested that I write to Bill
Clinton and offer him a saxophone lesson and although he did not take me up on
the saxophone lesson, he did send me that very nice letter, which I still have. This
humongous boat came from my friend Ken's menswear shop. He had the best menswear
shop in Baltimore and he retired about a couple years ago, and he got rid a lot of
the, a lot of the cool things that he had in the shop and this was one of them,
including all the photos that I've showed you so far came from his shop
as well. But I really like this boat, so now it lives here.
So let's check it out over here. Alright, so this area should look very familiar
if you have followed on Instagram for a while and saw, remember photos of the old
studio or have seen the studio tour that we did on the website just with photos.
So we basically just transplanted the old studio and put it right here. We
really like this setup. So one thing that's been upgraded is the shelving
here. Now, in the old studio, we had kind of flimsy Rubbermaid shelves, but because
this is going to be more permanent, I upgraded to a nice shelving from the
Container Store. On the shelves, we have some great menswear books. Lots of watch
catalogs. Cigar boxes. Up at the top, you can see another photo of Cary Grant.
We've got Steve McQueen there. One of the earliest photos that we took when we
started He Spoke Style. A nice vintage shave soap advertisement. John Coltrane
here. One of my earliest saxophone heroes. Or one of my saxophone heroes. Then this
great quote from Walter Lange from A. Lange & Söhne that says, "There's something one
should expect not only of a watch, but also of oneself. To never stand still." I
really like that quote. One other thing I want to point out on the top of the
shelf is this sign right here. When we had the old studio, this was the sign
that we had outside. So this is where I relax and just when I need to, kind of,
clear my head I'll sit here, you know. If we're just going to hang out,
this is where we go. On the coffee table, some choice books right here. And, of
course, my Leica camera. So let's go over here now. Now, you can see on that side of
the bookshelf and this side of the bookshelf,
it's bookended by two prints by my friend Tug Rice.
They're beautiful. Dehumidifier. It is the basement. We have a wet bar here. A wine
fridge. Espresso machine. Water cooler. This is where we have all the
conversations. And right here is a beautiful bar called the Corridor Bar by
BDI furniture. So let me show you this real quick. I have some of my favorite
bottles in here. Some of my favorite cocktail books, as well. Up here, we have the
Waldorf Astoria cocktail book, Playboy's Host & Bar Book, Death & Co., New York
Times Book of Cocktails, The PDT Cocktail Book, and the indispensable Vintage
Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. Now, I just want to point this shaker out here.
You know I'm a fan of The Thin Man movies, and in the beginning of the third
Thin Man, which is called "Another Thin Man", this shaker features pretty
prominently. Alright. Obviously, right here is my Eames chair, which is a place
I really like to relax. So let's go over here and take a look at this area. So
over here is where we keep all of the stock for the He Spoke Style Shop. It's a
very small operation so, you know, it is very mom-and-pop, so we keep everything
right there. I have this from a trip that we did with BMW a number of years
ago. When we got off the plane they had the BMW sign with our name underneath. So
I wanted to keep that. This is the table where everything gets packed on. And I
have a nice watch winder right here that I'm going to be doing a review of very
soon. So let's go over to this area. Alright, so this area is going to look
very familiar to all of you. This is where we record all of the outfit videos.
Obviously, when we're shooting, we take the clothing rack here and roll it back
over there where the mannequin is. One of the challenges that we really faced when
we moved into this space is that the old studio had a lot of natural light. It was
very beautiful to shoot in. But, as you can see, above the bookshelf there and
right over here, we just have these two little windows. It is the basement. And
the windows are actually under the deck, so there is, like, no natural light that
comes in here. So it was a little bit of a challenge. But we have these two big
light panels here, which when I turn them on you can see that there is tons of
light. It looks very natural and it's very good for video shooting. So we're
very happy that we figured that out. And we just have to bounce it off the
ceiling, which is pretty neat. So, final stop right over here. So this
area is going to look very familiar to you, as well. This is my desk. And this is
where I record most of the talking portions of the videos that we do. Right
here now, I just want to point out a couple things over here. We have a nice
photo of Nick and Nora and Asta. On the wall are some of the favorite, our
favorite photos that we've ever made. This is a campaign that we did for Dom
Pérignon. This photo is one from the BMW trip that we did a number of years ago
with my friend Giampaolo Alliata. Behind me, a nice picture of Clark Gable. On the
bookshelf here, I just want to point out right here is an almost complete
collection of The Rake magazines. Now, there are some that aren't available, so
I will always have those holes in my collection. But, yeah. So that is the
studio! It's where we make all the content. It's where I spend a lot of my
time working and also just hanging out. I'm glad to have you guys along for the
ride today. I hope you enjoyed the 360 format. Leave a comment down below. Let me
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